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ARIN XXIV Public Policy Meeting Day 1 Notes - 21 October 2009

Meeting Called to Order

Speaker: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

John began the first day of the ARIN XXIV Public Policy Meeting by making meeting-related announcements and introducing those present from the ARIN Board of Trustees, the ARIN Advisory Council, and the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council. He also acknowledged those colleagues from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in attendance and introduced ARIN's directors and Meeting Fellowship winners. John noted that other features of the meeting included the Registration, Elections, and Financial Services Help Desks, the ARIN Information Center, and a First Timer Lunch. He continued with the following announcements:

Discussed the First-Timer Luncheon and held the First-Timer Luncheon Raffle, which was won by Matthew Petach.

Daily surveys are available online at the ARIN website, and we encourage all attendees and remote participants to enter, winners for the previous day will be selected at the opening of the meeting each morning. The winner for the Tuesday survey was Wesley George.

Invited participants to engage with ARIN using social media by joining us at TeamARIN on Facebook and YouTube, or by following TeamARIN on Twitter or using the #ARIN24 hashtag to talk about the meeting.

Thank you to ARIN XXIV network connectivity sponsors Arbor Networks and Merit Network Inc., UnitedLayer for providing transportation to and from the Thursday night social, and to our media partners; PowerSource and TelecomFinders.

John reviewed the meeting agenda and the printed materials given to each attendee.

At the beginning of the meeting, approximately 160 people were in attendance.

John Curran moderated discussions throughout the day.

[ARIN offered the opportunity for remote participation throughout the meeting. Comments from remote participants are read aloud at the meeting and are integrated into the meeting report. There were approximately 49 individuals viewing the meeting webcast throughout the proceedings, and 36 registered remote participants.]

2009-1: Transfer Policy (Conclusion of the Emergency PDP)

Speaker: John Curran, Acting ARIN President and CEO

John Curran gave a brief presentation, as required by the Policy Development Process (PDP), on Transfer Policy 2009-1. 2009-1 was created after the adoption of Transfer Policy 2008-6 using the Emergency Policy Process defined in the PDP. Following that process, 2009-1 was presented to the community at ARIN XXIII in San Antonio. The AC revised 2009-1 in response to community input received on the PPML and at the meeting, and recommended a revised text for adoption. 2009-1 was adopted 28 May 2009 and implemented 1 June. The main differences between 2008-6 and 2009-1 included: the requirement that the transfer recipient be in ARIN region, and the removal of the three-year policy sunset clause.

John then opened the floor for questions.

Discussion Highlights:

There have been two completed transfers following this policy and there is one pending.

ARIN plans to upgrade the transfer statistics chart to show which transfer policy was used for the various types of transfers.

NRO NC Election Procedures

Speaker: Judson Lewis, ARIN Membership Coordinator

Jud Lewis described the voting procedures and timeline for the NRO Number Council elections. Election results will be announced tomorrow during the meeting and to the arin-announce@arin.net mailing list and the ARIN website.
Highlights:

Elections are being held to fill 1 open seat on the NRO Number Council

Biographies of each candidate as well as statements of support are available on the ARIN website.

Voters must be the designated member representative (DMR) for an ARIN General Member in good standing, have been a registered attendee of NANOG 47 or be in a registered attendee of ARIN XXIV. The deadline to establish voter eligibility was 7 October 2009.

Jud briefly explained the online voting procedures, and invited anyone with questions to visit the Election Help Desk or e-mail info@arin.net for assistance.

Jud turned the microphone back over to John Curran, who moderated the candidate speeches.

Regional PDP Report

Speaker: Einar Bohlin, Policy Analyst

Einar Bohlin discussed policy development in the 5 RIR regions, and offered comparisons to show the global interest in specific resource issues. Einar pointed out the value of the Comparative Policy Overview document available on the NRO website which is updated about four times annually.

Highlights included:

Proposals for all five RIRs were broken out by resource category: IPv4, IPv6, ASN, and other, as well as a breakdown of the proposals up for discussion at ARIN XXIV by resource category

Proposals were charted for comparison of status in the other regions

Internet Number Resource Status Report

Speaker: Leslie Nobile, ARIN Director of Registration Services

Leslie Nobile presented an NRO report on the current status of all IPv4 address, IPv6 address, and Autonomous System number resources as of 30 September 2009. This report is updated quarterly by all the RIRs and provides up-to-date statistics on rates of IPv4, IPv6, and AS number resource consumption.

Highlights included:

Status of the 256/8s and IPv4 allocation rates by region from 1999 to 2008, and through the 3rd quarter of 2009

ASN assignment rates by region from 1999 to 2008, and through the 3rd quarter of 2009 .

IPv6 allocations to the RIRs,, and RIR IPv6 allocations by region from 1999 to 2008, and through the 3rd quarter of 2009

Links to all the historical data and raw statistics

At the conclusion of the presentation, John Curran opened the microphones for questions.

Discussion Highlights included:

The need to include IPv4 exhaustion data in this report, and what the best source for this information would be. The question was returned to the community for thoughts on whose statistics ARIN should rely on for IPv4 exhaustion projections, including the possibility of ARIN creating their own projections.

IANA Activities Report

Speaker: Mark McFadden

Mark McFadden began by offering an overview of his presentation, which featured a status update on the address pools, an overview of the mechanisms for selecting blocks for allocation to RIRs, IDN ccTLDs, and a new IANA initiatives.
Highlights included:

IANA pools' status

How /8s are selected for allocating to the RIRs

New reverse DNS self-management

IDN ccTLDs

IANA Business Excellence Program

At the conclusion of the presentation, John Curran opened the microphones for questions.
Discussion Highlights included:

Which /8s are being held for the final IPv4 allocations

Whether IANA has a responsibility to clean up "dirty" blocks before they are allocated to the RIRs

At the end of discussion, John Curran took a straw poll to determine the sense of the room, and requested that remote participants submit their votes. After the tally was conducted, John stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

ARIN Board and Advisory Council Election Procedures

Speaker: Judson Lewis, ARIN Membership Coordinator

Jud Lewis described the voting procedures and timeline for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council elections. Election results will be announced no later than 5 November 2009 to the arin-announce@arin.net mailing list and the ARIN website.
Highlights:

Elections are being held to fill 3 open seats on the Board of Trustees and 5 open seats on the Advisory Council.

Biographies of each candidate as well as statements of support are available on the ARIN website.

Voters must be the designated member representative (DMR) for an ARIN General Member in good standing. The deadline to establish voter eligibility was 7 October 2009.

Jud briefly explained the online voting procedures, and invited anyone with questions to visit the Election Help Desk or e-mail info@arin.net for assistance.

Jud turned the microphone back over to John Curran, who moderated the candidate speeches.

Open Microphone

Moderator: John Curran, ARIN President and CEO

John Curran opened the microphones for an impromptu discussion. The conversations focused on the need to develop a quicker process for cleaning up blocks of returned addresses so that they can be ready for reissue in less one year.

At the end of discussion, John Curran took multiple straw polls to determine the sense of the room, and requested that remote participants submit their votes on several questions related to this draft policy. After the tally was conducted, John stated that this information would be provided to the Advisory Council for use in its deliberations.

Closing Announcements and Adjournment

Speaker: John Curran, Acting ARIN President and CEO

John Curran concluded by extending thanks to the network connectivity sponsors Arbor Networks and Merit Network Inc. He encouraged all attendees to complete the daily survey for a chance to win in a prize drawing to be held at the opening of the meeting tomorrow. He reminded the audience that we would make every effort to maintain the schedule for policy presentation, but that we would send announcements about other agenda changes via mailing lists and through our social networks, and that Day 2 of the ARIN Public Policy Meeting would begin at 9:00 AM.